The government is targeting to have five international football stadiums in the next five years, according to the Ministry of Sports. The new stadiums are expected to be either built or revamped in places including Muhanga District, Kigali, and Nyanza. Speaking during the sports breakfast last week, Zephanie Niyonkuru, the Permanent Secretary at MINISPORTS, revealed […]
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Mtwara — CONSTRUCTION of Mbamba- Bay Port in Ruvuma Region is set to commence in this month, Director General for Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), Mr Plasduce Mbossa has affirmed. Mr Mbossa said over the weekend that TPA was aware of the importance of the port, reaffirming the authority’s commitment to ensure the plan to develop […]
Eldoret — The government is set to construct a modern 2,000 bed Multi-specialty facility at the Moi Teaching and Referral hospital in Kiplombe area, as part of ongoing reforms aimed at enhancing access to quality and affordable healthcare in the country. Speaking in Eldoret during a tour of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Health […]
The Lagos State Government, yesterday, announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge project. Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu had assured residents to announce the preferred bidder before January 1, 2023. The project, estimated to cost about $2.5 billion, would be delivered through Public-Private Partnership initiative and tolled […]
A moratorium on the construction of new tourism accommodations and change of use, which is currently in effect on Seychelles’ third-most populated island – La Digue – has been extended to December 2023. The decision was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday after it was briefed on the status of La Digue in […]
The Managing Director, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL), Mr. Du Ruogang, has announced that the $1.5 billion newly completed Lekki Deep Sea Port is ready for official commissioning and commencement of commercial operations in the first quarter of 2023. The port is expected to boost the growth of the Nigerian economy, creating about 170,000 […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a $27 million (about TND 85.3 million) and €10 million (nearly TND 33.5 million) loan package to co-finance the construction of a 100-megawatt Solar power plant in Kairouan, Tunisia, the AfDB said on Thursday. The Board approval covers $10 million and […]
Addis Abeba — The normalcy of cement production and distribution has fallen under impediments since the past three years in general, and past six months in particular, leaving significant number of people whose livelihoods rely on cement businesses in a calamitous state of affairs to the level where they are unable to get daily bread […]
Rehabilitation works on the 31.2 km Assin Fosu – Assin Praso road in the Central Region is 65 per cent complete. Expected to be completed by November next year, the project is being funded by the Japanese government at a cost of US$62.3 million. It is the second phase of rehabil-itation work on the national […]
TSINGSHAN Holdings, which has already poured US$2 billion in investments locally and is currently building a US$1 billion steel plant at Manhidze, near Chivhu, is set to construct a new cargo railway system, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt. The new line, which is meant to ferry products between Tsingshan’s three subsidiaries in Hwange, Chegutu and Chivhu, and […]
Beirut — Final Falls on International Migrants Day The 2022 World Cup is ending with no commitment from FIFA or Qatari authorities to remedy abuses, including unexplained deaths, that migrant workers suffered to make the tournament possible over the past 12 years, Human Rights Watch said today. The tournament’s final match will be held in […]
Lagos State government yesterday allayed the fears of land owners on compensation over the proposed construction of Fourth Mainland Bridge, saying adequate compensation would be paid in line with international best practice. The government gave the assurance at the Panel Review Meeting on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the proposed Fourth Mainland […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have began the construction of joint office premises in Kampala city. The construction of the multimillion dollar structure was launched on Tuesday at a ground-breaking ceremony in Mbuya, a Kampala suburb. According to both agencies, the shared premises will enable them reduce […]
Addis Abeba — The Ministry of Justice says it has filed grand corruption charges against four employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) including its deputy director for Construction and Logistics, who are suspected of buying 29,200 quintals of cement from two factories at a low price and selling it at higher prices. […]
THE implementation of the Third Phase of the Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) Project has kicked off with contractor starting to construct passenger terminals at Mfugale Flyover and that of Chang’ombe junction. The government has already acquired funds to enable the construction of phase III. The government secured a 570. 6bn/- loan for the execution […]
Monrovia — Ruth Coker Collins has always been in denial. Even when motorists plying the busy ELWA-Robertsfield highway complained about the dilapidated conditions of the road, the Minister of Public Works had an answer. Appearing on a local radio talk-show in August, Minister Collins attributed the slow pace of the project to Climate Change, characterized […]
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Blade Nzimande, unveiled on Monday the kick-start of the on-site construction of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) telescopes infrastructure in Carnarvon, Northern Cape. Radio astronomy, according to Nzimande, has begun to revolutionise our understanding of the universe. The Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister described the development of […]
Angry residents of Urua Ekpa community in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State have started mobilisation for a mass protest in connection with the death of one Marvelous, a construction worker, who was buried under the collapsed underground drainage system undertaken by Benest Engineering Ltd, at the weekend. It was gathered that human […]